Easel-type mount



July 6, 1965 G. E. NICHOLS 3,193,241

EASEL-TYPE MOUNT Filed D80. 19, 1963.

Q I 7 INVENTOR.

United States Patent hfice 3,193,241 Patented July 6, 1965 3,193,241 EASEL-TYPE MOUNT Gordon E. Nichols, Middleboro, Mass, assignor to Winthrop-Atkins Co., Inc, Middleboro, Mass, 21 corporation of Massachusetts Filed Dec. 19, 1961, Ser. No. 160,474 1 Claim. (Cl. 248-465) This invention relates to an easel-type mount and more especially to a very simple, economically constructed item which is sturdy, of attractive design and provides support for writing implements, such as pencils or pens in addition to a suport for the calendar pad.

As herein illustrated, the mount comprises a panel, a leg hinged to the panel for disposition at an angle thereto, to support the panel in an upright, rearwardly inclined position, a transversely disposed, forwardly extending shelf hingedly connected to the front face of the panel intermediate its top and bottom edges at an angle thereto such that the top surface of the shelf is at least horizontal, and a brace extending rearwardly from the shelf into operative engagement with the leg to hold the latter displaced rearwardly and, by engagement with the leg, to hold the shelf fixed in said forwardly extending positron.

The invention will now be described in greater detail with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevation of the mount with the calendar pad omitted;

FIG. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 33 of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the mount;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the mount;

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the interengageable portions of the brace and leg;

FIG. 8 shows the front side of the mount when the parts are collapsed;

FIG. 9 shows the rear side of the mount when the parts are collapsed; and

FIG. 10 is a view corresponding to FIG. 8, showing an alternative structure in which the top edge of the crossbar is parallel to the lower edge of the faceboard and may be disposed forwardly or rearwardly thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the mount comprises a rigid faceboard it), a transversely disposed, forwardly extending shelf 12, a leg 14 and a brace 16 for holding the leg rearwardly displaced with reference to the faceboard in a position of inclination such that the upper surface of the shelf 12 and the forward face of the faceboard 10 form, in conjunction, a support for a writing implement.

The faceboard 10 is comprised of a rigid, substantially rectangular sheet of paperboard and has in its lower portion an inverted T-shaped section 18 having a crossbar and stem. The bottom edge 20 of the crossbar coincides with the lower end of the faceboard. The top edge of the crossbar is connected by hinges 22-22 to the faceboard along a line parallel to the lower edge and the ends 2424 of the crossbar and the side edges 26--26 and end 28 of the stem are severed from the faceboard. As thus constructed, when the T-shaped piece is folded on the hinges 22-22 to dispose the crossbar forwardly of the faceboard and the stem rearwar'dly thereof, the crossbar and stem constitute, respectively, the shelf 12 and the brace 16. The crossbar of the T-shaped piece is of lesser width than the faceboard panel 10 thus providing supporting legs 2525 at the lower edge. Optionally, the bottom edge of the crossbar may be spaced forwardly or rearwardly of the lower edge of the faceboard as shown by the dotted lines 20a, 20b in FIG. 10.

The leg 14, as illustrated, is cut out of a board 27 fastened to the rear side of the faceboard 1t and is defiectable rearwardly therefrom on a hinge 29 formed by embossing or scoring the board. The lower end of the leg 14 contains a recess 30 into which projects a tongue 32 containing a semi-circular opening 34. The rear end of the brace 16 is provided with a recess 36 and tongue 3? adapted to fit into the recess 34) and opening 34 in the leg and thus to hold the leg displaced rearwardly with respect to the faceboard.

The hinges 2222 for the shelf and brace are situated at a level such that, when the brace is engaged with the leg, the forwardly projecting shelf inclines upwardly at a small angle with reference to the horizontal and forms, in conjunction with the front face of the face board, a self-containing suport for one or more writing implements, below the calendar pad, which is fastened, as shown in dot and dash lines in FIG. 2, to the front face of the faceboard. The brace and leg thus cooperate not only to support the mount in operative position but also to hold the shelf fixed in its forwardly extending position.

The mount is adapted to be made of two plies of rigid paperboard, one of which contains the brace and shelf and the other the leg. The two panels may be formed by separate punching operations and then joined face-toface with a suitable decorative material or both plies may be cut from a single sheet of material hingedly connected intermediate its ends so so to be foldable into engagement with each other and secured by folding covering material applied to one section over onto the other.

It should be understood that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

A mount comprising a rigid panel member having top, bottom and end edges, transversely spaced front legs at the bottom edge adjacent the end edges, and a one piece shelf member and integral brace member intermediate the legs; said front legs, shelf member and brace member being formed from the panel member by cuts extending inwardly from said bottom edge, in spaced relation to the end edges and to each other, a distance corresponding to the length of the legs and the width of the shelf, transversely spaced lines of weakness extending from the inner ends of the cuts toward each other and parallel to the bottom edge, said lines of weakness constituting hinges and defining the rear edge of the shelf, said hinges terminating in spaced relation to the median between the ends of the panel, transversely spaced cuts extending from the inner ends of the hinges and perpendicular thereto to at least the median between the top and bottom of the panel, and a cut parallel to the bottom edge joining the terminal ends of the last-named cuts,

said shelf member and integral brace being rotatable about 3,193,241 s g a 3 4 said hinges to dispose the shelf member at an angle References Cited by the Examiner projecting forwardly from the panel in a position elevated from the lower ends of the legs by an amount cor- UNITED STATES PATENTS responding substantially to the length of the legs, and the 2,591,170 4/52 Levinson 248-198 brace projecting rearwardly from the panel, and a rear 5 2,654,554 10/53 Cross 24835 leg cut out of the back side of the panel for deflection 3 913 12/61 Mennen rearwardly therefrom, said rear leg and said brace having a plurality of mutually interengageable recesses and CLAUDE A, LE ROY, P i a E i tongues at their adjacent ends interengageable to hold the brace in its rearwardly inclined position and the leg in 10 FRANK L. ABBOTT, Examiner.

its rearwardly deflected position. 

